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y O    -  #  C \	    P 6Q#P# Office of the Secretary
      Service Date
  December 14, 1995
 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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   X4`	hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8:<H?A                    %                     # XP \	    P 6Q B,XP# T  
    d d x                           
 !              Iw           T    	       	   t              	           IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OFBITTERROOT WATER COMPANY, INC. FORA CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCEAND NECESSITY.
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 4 J  "     %                    4%                     #  XP \	    P 6Q B,XP# 44 Bitterroot Water Company (Bitterroot; Company) is a small new water company that 
 xL  provides water to homeowners in the Silver Meadows subdivision in Kootenai County, Idaho. 
 x  On October 24, 1995, Bitterroot Water Company (Bitterroot; Company) filed an Application with 
 x  the Commission for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.   On November 13, 1995, 
 x  the Commission issued a Notice of Modified Procedure and Notice of Application seeking public 

 x  comment on Bitterroots Application.  Commission Staff filed comments recommending approval 
 x  of the Certificate.  No other comments were filed.  By this Order the Commission approves theCompanys Application.
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 4} J  " 44   #  XP \	    P 6Q B,XP# Bitterroot is a small new water company that provides water to homeowners in the 
 xj  Silver Meadows subdivision in Kootenai County, Idaho.  Denali Vandals Inc., the developer of 
 x  the Silver Meadows subdivision,  installed the water system and incorporated Bitterroot to take 
 x  over the operation and maintenance of the water system.  The Silver Meadows subdivision is 
 x\  located approximately 15 miles north of CoeurdAlene and 1.5 miles west of the Silverwood 
 x  Theme Park located on US Highway 95.  Bitterroot presently serves seven customers andestimates a potential of 105 customers as the subdivision continues to expand.  
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 4      44 On November 67, 1995, Staff examined the Silver Meadows subdivision and 
 x  Bitterroot water system.  The water system has been completed and appears to be a well 
 x[  engineered system.   The majority of the main lines are eight inch PVC pipe.  The primary water 
 x  supply for the subdivision is an eight inch, 464' deep well, which is equipped with a three phase, 
 x/  480 volt, 25 hp submersible turbine pump.  The well is capable of delivering 125 gallons per 
 x  minute into the system.  A 100,000 gallon underground concrete storage reservoir is under 
 x  construction immediately adjacent to the well house.  When completed in the spring of 1996, the X  t(       ,))&JW3 Hx 7'  !    @       PBRUSH
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 x  reservoir will include three 5 hp booster pumps.  The well house currently contains six 250gallon pressure tanks.
 
 4  44 Bitterroot has a secondary source of water through interconnection with another water 
 x  system located southeast of the Bitterroot system.  This second water system is served by a well 
 x0  drilled by the Rickle family, who is developing property adjacent to the Silver Meadows 
 x  subdivision.  The well house contains a 2,000 gallon pressurized storage tank.  This second wellsupplies water to the Silver Meadows subdivision and to the Rickles adjacent property.  
 
 4  44 Bitterroot currently is not charging the existing seven customers for water.  Staff is 
 x  reviewing rate design issues and will present a proposed rate structure to Bitterroot and will seek 
 xL  the Commissions approval of rates in the future.  Bitterroot requested issuance of a certificate 
 x  prior to rates being established so that prospective lot purchasers can obtain loan financingwithout further delay.

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 4  44 Idaho Code  61526528 and Rules 111113 of the Idaho Public Utilities Commis 
 xy  sion Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01, provides the guidelines for issuance of  a  Certificate  
 X  - 
 x   of Public Convenience and Necessity.   Idaho Code  61526 specifies that there must be a 
 x  public need for the service, that the territory for service by the utility must not already be served 
 xM  by another utility or that existing service is inadequate, and that the utility has the financialability and good faith ability to construct and maintain the system. 
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 4  44  We find that the Bitterroot water system is an adequate system.  It is well engineered, 
 x  there is a good source of water, and it has the ability to deliver water to the customers.  There 
 x  is no other water utility presently serving the Silver Meadows subdivision.  Bitterroot has the 
 x=  good faith and financial ability to operate the Company.  And finally, there is a public need for 
 x  water services in the Silver Meadows subdivision.  Therefore, we grant Bitterroots Application  
 X " -  for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.
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 4  44 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Bitterroots Application for a Certificate of PublicConvenience and Necessity is approved.
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 4n J      4%                      X4`	hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8:<H?A                     44 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission will determine rates for Bitterrootat a later time in a subsequant order.  
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 4  44 DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this                 day of  December 1995.
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 X  -     X4`	hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8:<H?A                    u                     uu;                                                             
uu;RALPH NELSON, PRESIDENT



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 X 0 -  uu;                                                             
uu;MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER



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 X  -  uu;                                                            
uu;DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER


ATTEST:


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 X  -                                                                   
Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary


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  CERTIFICATE OFCONVENIENCE AND 
NECESSITY NO.319 v       F   
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 4Q J       %                    4%                     #  XP \	    P 6Q B,XP# 44 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the public convenience and necessity requires 
 x  Bitterroot Water Company, its successors and assigns to hold, construct, or otherwise acquire, 
 x  to maintain and to operate a water system and water supply to that certain territory in Kootenai 
 xy  County, Idaho described as Silver Meadows subdivision located in Township 53 North, Range 
 x  03 West, Sections 20 and 29,  BoiseMeridian, Kootenai County, Idaho, as recorded in the 
 x  Kootenai County Recorder Office, Record No. 1375350.  This certificate is for such purpose to 
 xi  own, hold, construct or otherwise acquire and to maintain and operate within said territories water 
 x   wells, reservoirs, tanks, towers, stand pipes, collectors, settling basins, galleries and other works 
 x=  and structures, and also to lay, take up, repair, renew, extend, alter, maintain and operate water 
 x  mains, pipes, conduits, aqueducts, hydrants and other appliances, equipment and facilities in, 
 x  upon, over, under, along, through and across all streets, avenues, alleys, streams, highways, roads 
 x  and other public places in said territory as the same now exists or may hereafter be extended, laid 
 x.  out or established, and to exercise the rights and privileges granted, or to which may hereafter 
 x  be granted Bitterroot Water Company, its successors or assigns, by any franchise conferred bythe state of Idaho or any political subdivision thereof.
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 4  44 This Certificate is predicated upon and issued pursuant to the findings and conclusionof Order No.26268  in Case No. GNRW952 to which reference is hereby made.
  "  0!       ,))J"  Ԍ 44 DATED at Boise, Idaho this                  day of  December  1995.
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 X  -   4%                      X(#%'0*,.8135@8:<H?A                     @(#(#X
@RALPH NELSON, PRESIDENT




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 X 	 -  @(#(#X
@MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER




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 X  -  @(#(#X
@DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER


ATTEST:


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 X c -  @
Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary


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